The first iron Foundry Company was founded here in 1648 year. The first mayor of Loviisa Jacob Forsell was a visionary administrator and a successful entrepreneur. It was he who, together with Anders Norström, bought from the founder of the blacksmith's factory strømforsin Ruukky. Jacob's cousin Virginia af Forsell was nicknamed the "Iron Queen", she has ruled the plant for almost 60 years. It sounds unbelievable, but the fact is that in 1790 the company headed the enterprise at the age of 31, it successfully developed it all life. Most of the buildings were built during the...

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The iron works was founded 1695 and current outlook from end of 18th century. The iron works was closed 1950 after 250 years of production. It consists several old buildings offering nowadays services...
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